Spider Baby The Musical, based on Jack Hill's classic horror film "Spider Baby: The Maddest Story Ever Told," is currently playing a limited engagement at Los Angeles' Lyric Hyperion Theatre Cafe through Dec. 5.

Spider Baby The Musical features book and music by Enrique Acosta and lyrics by Enrique Acosta, Lorien Patton and Helen Acosta. The rock musical, according to press notes, "tells the story of the Merrye family. Each member of the family suffers from the same degenerative mental disorder, which causes the loss of impulse control. When distant relatives learn of the family's condition, they attempt to institutionalize the Merrye children and sell their land. Spider Baby The Musical deals with the extreme measures the Merrye family takes to stay together."